Cloud Appreciation Society
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The Cloud Appreciation Society is a society founded by Gavin Pretor-Pinney from the United Kingdom in January 2005. The society aims to foster understanding and appreciation of clouds, and has over 60,000 members from 120 countries, as of September 2023[update].
Yahoo! named the society's website as "the most weird and wonderful find on the internet for 2005".[1] The group and its founder were the focus of a BBC documentary Cloudspotting, based on Pretor-Pinney's book The Cloudspotter's Guide.[2] During an episode of Taskmaster, comedian Hugh Dennis revealed he is a member of the society.[3]
In 2017, the Cloud Appreciation Society was credited with adding the Asperitas classification of cloud to the World Meteorological Organization's International Cloud Atlas.[4]
See also
- "Both Sides, Now"
- Cloudscape (art)
- Cloudscape photography
References
- ^ Simons, Paul; Alan Hamilton (27 January 2006). "No blue-sky thinking here". The Times. London. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- ^ "Cloudspotting". BBC Four. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
- ^ "Hollowing Out a Baguette". Taskmaster. Season 4. Episode 3. 9 May 2017. Dave.
- ^ Rossman, Sean. "We officially have new cloud types for the first time in decades". USA TODAY. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
External links
- Official website
- Article from Times Online
- The New York Times: "The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community," May 8, 2016
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